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Yesterday's Net Circulation, 91,850 naqo1 .Entered as second-class matter No. 28,381. post office Washington, p. c. TWO CENTS. ? 1 n; C". V ' .?,? ? ' 'V>? ' ?' >.> . ?. T -'V ? -' ft , f . WEATHER. Rata, probably changing to snow ? this afternoon or- tonight; colder, with (' lowest temperature tonight about 3< degrees; tomorrow, fair and colder. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 p-m. today: Highest,- 51, at 2 p.m. . yesterday! lowest, 30, at 2 p.m. today. Member of the Associated The Associated Press Is eicluilret/ entitled to the uh for republics tlOD of all news dispatcher credited te It or net otherwise credited In this peper and slso the local oews published berets. All rights of poMlcatloa of special dlipatchea herein are alio reserved. New York Stock Quotations, Page 21. t . V s WASHINGTON, , JANUAKY 11, 1922. -TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. DELEGATES RESUME EFFORTSTOSETTLE SHANTUNG ISSUE Japanese and Chinese Tackfe What Is Now Greatest ; Problem of Conference. OTHER ENVOYS AT WORK ON NAVY TREATY DRAFT Ifcr East Discussion Given Over fro Mines, Forts and Bail road Question. , 1 BTG. GOULD LISCOLS. / A Inlatliie agreement </m tie .1 method of withdrawing 4aptu? troops from Skutiu "M reaek 1 ed at a meeting of tk? Jnpnnese I mad Cklaese Uleptn Mif. Some i of tke details. laclndUtt tke date, ! kave yet to be settled. Tke del-' I egatea meet again fkin afteraoa. I Tke Skaatung railroad waa aot ) aader dlaeauloa it tke ntralaf ?j meeting, altkoogit there was aome I discussion re(grdla( tke salt I aalaea. I Tke kaads at delegations today I Aoaaldered tke aaval llmltattoa ! treaty aad reported progress. Tkey I Met agafa at SiM tkls afteraooa. The Shajifung problem, which has become a veal Issue of the Washing ton conference, even though It is being considered outside of the con ference .Itself, was tackled again to day by the Japanese and Chinese del egates. At the same time, the heads of tl>e delegations of the United States, Great Britain. France, Italy and Japan continued with their consid eration of the draft of the naval limitation treaty submitted to them by the naval and legal experts. Seek New Formula. Although it was said that Jhe Chi nese and Japanese delegations would discuss other features of the Shan tung problem than the Klaochow Tsinanfu railroad today,, and would temporarily avoid the railroad ques tion.-It was considered likely that ef forts would be made to -work out I some new formula for the railroad set tlement which would prove satisfactory. The railroad, of course, is the princi pal issue in the Shantung settlement. Jt was said that the discussion today would deal with the, matter of the salt and other mints in Shantung, which Japan took from the Germans, and with the use of the port of Tsing tao and KiaochoW bay. While no official statements have yet been made regarding the Shan tung matter, 14 is reported that the Chinese delegation Is ready to modify so far its position on the Shantung railroad question that It win accept the proposal for a Japanese loan to pay for the road. They are Uialstant, however, that the Japanese ' relinquish , their demand that they' offices of traffic manager and obifff accountant of the railroad be fllie^ by Japanese. The Japanese ask. why? particularly In view of the fact that similar offices on other Chines* railroads are held by na tionals of the nations when foreign capital owns or controls those roatls. Control In Vital Issue. But the question of control of the road is apparently uppermost in the Chinese mind. In Chinese quarters it has been Intimated that the Japanese, had they come forward with their pro posals weeks ago Instead of delaying, an agreement could have been reached more easily. The delay has given op portunity for sentiment in China to solidify against the Japanese plans, it is said. * In the opinion of some of the dele gates here, the question of Shantung has grown In importance out of all proportion. both in the United States and in China. The fact remains, how ever; and is so understood, that unless the Shantung question is settled, there will be rough sledding in the Seriate of the United States when the treaties dealing with the farfeast and with naval limitation come tip for consid eration. - - > Snag la Naval Treaty. The article of the naval limitation treaty which has caused a mo mentary check in the proceedings is that relating to the fortifications In the far east. Under this article the status quo of fortifications of the United StatXs, Japan and Great Brit ain is to be maintained. There has been a question raised as to the geographical scope of this agreement on fortifications. Japan's homeland, like that of the United States, of Australia and New Zealand, would not be affected by the agreement. But there is some question as to Just what constitutes the Japanese home land, it is saidv Japan owns a large number of islands, some of them lying far from the main islands, and the question is. where Is the line to bo drawn between the homeland of Japan and her island possessions? , The Americans. It is said, have put forward a proposal in regard to. this matter, and the Japanese have cabled to Tokio for . Instructions. Until a reply Is received from Tokio, the matter Will be held In abeyance. In the meantime, the chief delegates are proceeding with other articles of the naval treaty. Mack Progress Hade. Much progress was made yesterday Afternoon In Its consideration, accord ing to reports. One of the matters whlabr Is giving rise to. disoasston, It Ml Indicated, In addition to the fortifi cations article, Is that dealing with the armament of aircraft carriers^ An opati session of the conference may Bow be delayed until next week. It Is now pretty definitely under stood that the agreements which will bo entered Into by the conference In regard to the use or submarines and poison gas in the time of war will not be included in the naval treaty proper, but will hp separate agree jQtnti. A spokesman for the British delega tion -pointed out that these agree ments propose to change interna tional* law, and that the acquiescence tot other nations is to be asked, and IkaC therefore, they would not-at ftNU'tmtft tbd treaty. ' - *ba view, of tke British toward the ?ffjUhMil m JPMwVCohnnnTj?J ??*?? / SEE TREATY FACING PARTISAHCONTEST Political Angle Declared Probable in Senate's Recep tion of 4-Power Pact. BY K. O. MESSENGER. Politicians la Congress continue to And their attention drawn to the political angle of the ratification by the Senate of the four-power Pacific pact and there Is considerable dis cussion by and large of the subject. That there should arise a political angle Is surprising to many. In view of the generally accepted thought that this agreement in the Interest of the peace of the four powers concerned should be outside the realm of party controversy or factional dis putation. President Harding, It has been made known, contemplates sending all the treatiea and agreements of the Washington conference to. the Senate at the same time. Ho has not decided whether he will merely trans mit them or lay them before the Senate with a. personal presentation of arguments in behalf of their ratit fication. The four-power pact may be taken up first, it is thought. View of Treaty Surprises. It is inconceivable to the support ers of the four-power pact that the allegation should be made that the treaty In any Way affords each ground for political assail as was fur nished by the Versailles treaty and the league of, nations. No analogy exists between the two propositions, it Ts contended. Those -who approve the four-power Pacific pact assert that Jt is but a friendly co-operation among the sig natories to accomplish by friendly in terchange the prevention of resort to hostilities, totally lacking in the in ternational commitments comprised in the league of nations. In fact, it is insisted, this compact looks to the preservation of national integrity of each of the participating powers, while the league of nations, they charge, weakened nationality by i vesting in the International organisa tion?the league of nations?elements | of sovereignty which the United States insisted must never be sur rendered. | - Suggestion of "Good Polities." In some political quarters the sug gestion has been advanced that it would be "good politics" for the demo crats to attack the four-power pact on the ground that as the republican victory of 1920 was in part due to the fight against the league of nations, the democrats might win by assailing this other international compact. This argument is not accepted by all the democratic leaders, however. Some of them, who realize the essential dif ference between the two proposals, fear that the proposal would prove a boomerang. It Is pointed out that unless the four-power pact contained the essence of the proposition which was rejected by the voters in the solemn referendum of 1920, namely, impaired sovereignty and surrender of chfctished rights to an International organisation, the voters would see in the opposition to it only political animus and would resent the attack. V. S. Posltloa Stated. It is contended that the people of this country are not opposed to the thought of International agreements, to be participated in by the United States, as a broad proposition, but only to the terms and the obligations of the co-operation among nations. It will be recalled that at the outset the league of nations won widespread approval in this country, so much so I that if a vote could have been taken > on ratification of the Versailles | treaty the week It was submitted, it probably would have been ratified. It was only alter the terms and obligations of thit instrument had been alleged to Impair sovereignty of the' United States that sentiment began to change in the country, a change registered in the voted of November, 1920. HARD COAL PRICE CUT. BOSTON. January 11.?A reduction of 50 cents a ton In the retail price of hard coal was announced today by one of the larger companies here. Officials of the company said the cut was due to lower water- freight rates and removal of the war tax on freight bills. ? The new prices are: Furnace and egg. *14.75; stove and chestnut. $13.00. AMERICAN NAMES < AFTER GERMANS By the Associated Frew. BERLIN, January 11.?Munich theater-goers are still touchy on the subject of America, it appears from an Incident ju'st reported here. ( The Neue Berliner Zeltung tells how an audience in the Bavarian capital fairly raised the roof in objecting to the American back ground andArtorlcan names belng used in: a new theatrical produc-, i tl^n- Titer tooted and hissed and stamped.. aa4 Anally the-per form ?if V. S. Hospitality Coiled Overwhelming and Wet By Returned Delegate By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1922. AMSTERDAM, qfelland, Jsnn ary U?M. Morerco, vice presi dent of the Easf I>?s> Council, aad one of th? Dsttk delegates to the Washington conference, has return eV home aad Is lec turing on Ms exerlenees la (be United Spates. He saya that American! hospitality la llihe Niagara'Falls ? "overwhelming and wot." The Washington con fmaefr, he said, was regarded la thV Halted* States as a social tT?W. hat at the same time the peorile wets taking a keen In terest la the Ins port aat political problems discussed. / M. Morenco added that la hla wplnlon the limitation of Imml grntloa by the United States wan a good thlag la view of the problem of welding the compos ite population Into a homogene ous whule. Regarding prohibi tion, he believed that the ma jority of people favored It. He said that Datch street boys could take lessons la coarteons behavior from their American colleagues. Will Hurry Home to Meet and Answer Critics in * Paris. ' REPARATIONS AMD TREATY WIIH BRITAIN TARGETS Memorandum Declare! England Hakes French Protection Own Problem. By the Assoeimted Prt??. ^ CANNES, January 11. ? Premier Briand will leave Cannes for Parts at 3 o'clock this afternoon. It was an nounced this morning, not only to In form the French cabinet as to. the status of the negotiations here, but, it Is understood, to meet and answer criticisms of certain groups of the opposition and to demand that the chambcr of deputies support or re J jeet him. ? The principal differences between the premier and the opposition, it Is learned, are with regard to the new terms of payment by Germany adopt ed by the council's experts, but not yet ratified by the full council. France under these terms would receive less than under previous arrangements, but % greater proportion in kind. Harvey Bark at Sessions. George Harvfey, Americas ambas sador to Great Britain, attended to day's session of the allied supreme council meetings, having almost com pletely recovered from the shock he suffered In an automobile accident on Monday. The members of the council heartily congratulated him on his narrow escape. Representatives of the German gov ernment today were summoned to appear this evening before the allied reparation commission, to explain Germany's inability to meet her January and February reparations payments. Ordered by Conaell. The allied supreme council ordered this hearing as a result of insistence by Premier Briand, who recalled that the Germans had failed to give de tailed information sought by the com mission before the Christmas holi days as a preliminary to examination of the question of a moratorium for Germany. Prime Minister Lloyd George and the other member* of the council promptly agreed that the Germans should be required to give the com mission the demanded explanation be fore they could, be hwfl by tha ?? preme covrtCli: After -fhe hearing the reparations commission will then refer the. mat ter to the supreme council, whkui q?n fisabttuLr. ? which the German J-epreMata^ will be invlt*4> probably tomor* Medged t* Pretesrt France. The British memorandum at. the proposed Anglo-French pact,' which was telegraphed textuaHy to London, declares Great Britain makes the se curity of Franoe a problem of per own. and that she will be ready again to throw in her forces, as in-1914* If French soil ;U attacked. - ?? i Naval rivalry must be 'avoided w the two countries, sets forth the memorandum, which declares that submarines have proved, in four years' experience, to be Inapt either In naval attack or defense, and can be used only to prey upon the merchant ma rine. Naval competition. It is added, would corrode any accord. Rasala Held vital. Resumption of trade relations with Russia was declared by the memo randum to be Indispensable to the re covery of Europe, and the consent of France to Russian' narticlpajion^ In the economic negotiations was made one of the conditions of the accord. A copy of this British memorandum was handed' to. Premier Briand yes terday. ' ' The document referred to In the foregoing is apparently the mtno randum of the talk In London between Premiers Lloyd George and Briand regarding the proposed Anglo-Frencn treaty. This meeting shortly preoeded the Cannes conference. The text ol the proposed treaty has not been made public, but Its r?p?rUdgeneral terms have excited such hostility in the French press tfcat. it was decide# by Great Britain to make Publlo the text of the memorandum* after the British version of It had been sub mitted to Premier Briand. treaty main subject. French Cabinet Instructions Sent to Cannes. By the Anodsted Pnn. PARIS, January 11.?A cabinet council, presided over by President Mlllerand, met at the Elysee Palace today and again discussed. the nego tiations at Cannee, concerning which Premier Briand had telegraphed a request for instructions and advice. The meeting lasted three hours and the results of the deliberation were transmitted to the premier at Cannes. The official communique Issued after the meeting was silent concerning the nature of the questions discussed, but it Is understood that the proposed Anglo-French defensive agreement was the main object under considera tion. Parliament Wants Vole*. ' PARIS. January 11. ? Premier Brland's unexpected return to-Paris In the midst of the Cannes confer ence session Is attributed by mem bers of parliament to the action of the cabinet, which they say requested the premier not to conolude the An glo-French pact before its ternts had been approved by parliament. Neither house/of parliament was In session today, but the lobbies were full of members seeking news, of de velopments. ' ?? Premier Briand tomorrow win ex .(Contlnued on Page .2,. Column 4.). 2ffi^VC??/iV/?L4r ! HISS AND HOOT ancc was brought to a stop. The authorities, when the man-', ager .was brought -before them, forbade him from producing the play unless the scenes.were placr ed in some other country'than the United States. The versatile-pro ducer readily complied and laid, his scenes in the Cauca name of one charactes ?.ed from "Smith" to" that of "Gladys >;C_ . princess,".: to "Marsha' ) millionaire.'* ' ? The metam -success. UP IN. THE HOUSE TODAY. DAIL RUSHES PIANS Leaders Tackle Problem of | Carrying Out Terms of Anglo-Irish Treaty. Bj the AwoclaUd Prew. DUBLIN, January 11.?Measures to be taken toward setting up a new government in Ireland for. carrying out the' terms of the Anglo-Irish treaty were considered .by the cabinet of the dail eireann at a meeting be gun shortly after noon today in the Hansion House. One of the first moves, It Is understood, will be the appoint ment of a commission to proceed to London and confer with the British foverwqf nt. > It is regarded as likely that Dublin Castle will be taken over from (he English within the next fiw days. lg?t circles anticipate this will be ^ ittnt ot t8? utmost import ance in the mind* of the Irish people Ha * hlsterla step toward the fulfill ment of Ireland's aspiration. PriaoMra ?? Be Released. The release of the political prisoners by Great Britain is expected in a day or two. An official statement regarding the new government's program was ex pected to be issued this afternoon. Nothing ha* as yet transpired here regarding any plans the opponents of the treaty may bo- formulating. Arthur Griffith, new president of the dall eireann. and his cabinet assumed today the places to which they were elected yesterday. It was recognised that careful work was necessary if pitfalls were to be-avoided during the full month which must elapse before final ratification of the treaty creating the Irish Free "State was possible. On February 14 the dall will recon vene to ratify formally the document which It approved as the representa tive body of the Irish republic. - The possibility of the proverbial slip 'twist cup and lip. was not ignored, and It was feared In some Quarters that the republicans might use the interval In attempting to turn popular feeling to their side. The difficulties -with whloh the new government is faced were commented upon by the political correspondent' of, the Freeman's Journal as foHowS: "A united arid stable government has been established* - and -the -ftrst stage of the fight for the treaty is won,"bat the obstructionist tacties of the oppo sition have added Immensely to the difficulties of the nation builders. * Have Tremeadeaa Burden. "The new cabinet are shouldering a tremendous burden. They have the people of the country behind them, but the' circumstances of revolution bavp pfttced another group in a posi tion, to endanger the new-born treaty. The work of the next few. months will Include making a constitution, taking over the government from the English and a general election. With the hearty co-operation of every mod olttsen this would be a taak " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Today's News h Brief Representative Kahn urges beginning work at once on Victory Memorial.^ Senators jnay vote on Newberry case late today. . Pa&e 1 Some politicians believe four-power nact faces partisan contest In Sen ile. 1 senator Dial directs attention to in sufficient heating and lighting in D. C. schools. / PAge 1 nail ruShis^lfcns 'Mr new' government In Ireland. Page 1 vederal Clerk TXnlon members urged fo support classification. Page 2 Delay In binding allied debt stands" in way of bonus. Page 2 Japanese and Chinese delegates, act li* on American and British angges tlons. resume dticuatlon of Shan tung problem. Pajpfe . 3 A. H. Brooks of geological survey urgea use of simpler language .by scientists. Page 4 Ku Klux Klan -holds first outdoor ceremonial In D. C? Page 4 President Schulteis ?of Chamber, of Commerce declares national repre sentation for D. C. Js neaf,-Page 4 Session of Virginia generaf assembly la opined. ' - Page 5 Clartnce B.' Miller, republican na tion^ secretary, is dtad. Page 7 rSn* thousands 'of coal miners are iltute. P??e. 10 nanlel A. Edwards resigns from ^sohool board following criticism-of ?<? ?3S PUBLIC NIGHT SCHOOL PUPILS ELIGIBLE IN ESSAY CONTEST Alt Students in Business English Glasses to Write on Conference lor Tke Star s $1,000 in Prizes. Students in the night public schools are eligible to compete with those in tbe day public schools or the private and parochial schools in 'the Star's $1,000 prize school essay contest on the subject. "The Arms Conference and Its Significance." They will be classed according to the rules govern ing the senior and junior groups as prihted in the set of rules for the contest. Tbe question. of the eligibility of tab night school students was raised by Walter B. Patterson, ((rector ?l% special schools. It has never been announced that night school students were debarred from entering the con U%ri Patfefson pSTritwTout tSit there are hundreds of students in the night schools, -^specially those in the Eng lish classes of the senior iastituttSns, who are anxious to try to win one of thy umerous award* to be given win SENATORS INCLASH IN NEWBERRY CASE " % " Claim That Colleague Wrote Speech Resented ? May Vofe late Today. A resolatiea dectorteg Treats* * H. Newberry Mt to be tstHM to.. ? sea* to the Senate feeeaase tf "admitted exptaditore by relative* aad trials of mMW to Us fee. half," bat stskiag ae reference to ?aesttoas mt isteral , tairpitode ?r Seaater Newberry's eeaaeelloas with Us eaapalga committee's activities* was i^tredaeed Ja the Seaate today fey Seaator Owes, democrat, at Oklahoma,--,. ? Democratic leaden hi the> Senate, In conference shortly before noon ? today, agreed Upon a revision of the resolij tlon by Senator Walsh of Montana to declare vacant the senatorial seat of | Truman H. Newberry of Michigan. The new resolution, it was announced,- should be introduced later in the day ana an immediate vote urged. Wraagle at Stost. ? j Debate on the right ,of Senator Newberry to a seat. in the Senate started today in the Senate with a wrangle and with indications.that its progress would be liberally marked by heated colloquies and acrimonious exchanges. Senator Caraway, democrat, of Ar kansas, opening the discussion with an attack on Mr. Newberry, was chal lenged by Senator France, republican, of Maryland, for violation of Senate rules. ' . . ? . ? . Mr. France declared Mr. Caraway had attributed unworthy motives to the Michigan senator in a statement that he (Mr. Oaraway) believed the ] Newberry 'speech of Monday was ] writlert for hlin by another repub lican senator.. Ns Rale Vlolatioa. Senators Robinson, democrat, of Arkansas and Spencer,- republican, of Kiss6url joined -the dialogue, Mr. Robjnson terming the point.of order unworthy of consideration and Mr Spencer Insisting vthat It Wkj vital and that Mr. Caraway was guilty of serious infraction of the Senate roles. Senator Cummins, republican, of Iowa,-president pro twapore, ruled, however, that there had been no vi olation of the rules,, and Mr. Cara ,way resumed bis speech with the ex clamation: ' ' ? "Everybody knew there was noth ing to It, anyhow." Remit to Be Very CWee. Leaders on both sides Were "hope ful" of a vote on . the issue, coming late today, but none Was certain as to what turns the controversy would take 4>ext There. were five or six senators whose attitudes temained undisclosed, even to those to. charge Of the floor : fight, aadltappMxed -that the Anal position of these Would determine - the result 'd* -the- contest. The /-possibility of .-the Vote bfetng sOiclose,? that the,presiding- ofl!c*r would'have tq.cartthfe declllHlr*bal <Continued or Page Z. CoiuittnrS-) ners of the contest. Many puims In the elementary nigrht schools, he said, also are anxious to compete with the pupils In the <tay classes. The entire membership of the Ave English classes in the Business High Night School will write essays in The Star's contest, according to Principal F. E. Lucas. C. W. Rippey, principal of the Tech High Night School, said that the English classes of his school also would compete. Pupils in the Parle View Night School Already have Signified, their intention To enter the contest, according to Miss Frances S. Falrley, principal of the school. - . Garnet C. Wilkinson, assistant su perintendent in chare* at colored schools. Mid that the colored night sohools yould be well represented in the cpnMat. He pointed "out that many stad?ggU#fo the colored nitht schools are prep?rD>r to write eaftay* on "The Arms Conference and tt? Sttfniflcance." The date-for the clostiur-pf the es say contest will be announced later. The clOMnC dUti wilt depend upon the adjoufnqmat of the conference on the limitation of armament. im newmemoihal Representative Kahn Reports . $500,000 Ready for Im mediate Use. Urging that authority- be granted for cdjitlnulag (mediately the work on the George- Washington Victory Me morial. Building, the corner stone of which already has been laid. Repre sentative Julius Kahq of California, appeared today before the Hoifse com mittee eh public 'buildings and grounds. This Work/Aa* been delay ed because temporary war buildings have occupied, the site of tiie pro posed memorjai. Reprewntatlve Kahn stressed the' fact, thjit.t. .J500.000 . has been paid Into the Treasury bf the George Washington Memorial Asso ciation as required by the original act approved March 1913 and ex tended because the temporary war buildings , occupied the site. That the bulldtog will be of great value for the holding of conventions and to provide an auditorium for civic, scientific, educational, patriotic, na tional and Internationa)' societies also was emphasized by Mr. Kahn. Lassie? Bill Up Saturday. Hearings; wi}i begin Saturday on the Langley -bill, providing a fund Of $16,350,000 to complete a permanent building program of modern hospitals for the use of disabled war veterans. It Is understood that this program includes a <2.000,000 hospital in Alex andria. Director Charles R. Forbes of the Veteran*' Bureau hqj been In vited to appear before the committee on Saturday, and hearings will be ' continued on the following Monday, r H. H. Raege, a member of the hos j pltal and rehabilitation committee of 1 the American Legion, appeared be fore the Langley committee today and urged the passage of the Lang ley bill. AX SLAYER SOUGHT. Wife of Sirm'ingham Grocer Slain a in Shop. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. January 11.? Police were baffled today in the search for an ax-wlelder, who last night slew Mre^Clem 8. Crawford, wife of a grocer, and inflicted Injuries upon her husband which w^lll pfobably pfove fatal. ' Evidence at hand points to robbery as thS ,motive for the crime, authorities said! ThsCwoman was slain while serv ing her assailant, it is thought, in the Crswfofft, 'shop, which. adjoined their restdetue* <dL two-year-old child was UMpottpted. MEETS NEXT IN FRISCO. TAMPA.' - S?a?.v; January 11?San ppffcovwaa awarOjedtodaythe 1821 litlpn,gof tthe; American Bar As Ionj>y ttl?a j executive .committee ? wiirH '.bSgiaying August ?. 900 TO LOSE POSITIONS. Secretary Weeks Orders New Cut In War Department. Secretary Weeks has Just ordered another reduction of more than 900 employes in the War Department and Its branches in this -district, "to be made gradually, but as rapidly as conditions will permit." When this redaction is completed it will show that the Secretary of War has re duced the civilian force of the War Department since he took office in Harch laat to 4,650, with a saving in the salaries at the rate of f6.t77.500 per annum. From March 3, 1921, to January 5. 19)2, the force was reduced from 9,648 to 5.845. a reduction of 3,703, or more than 38 per cent. That reduc tion, it is stated at the department, represents an annual saving of 14. 999,999, being at the rate of more than (16,000 a day for every day since Secretary Weeks has been in office. Senator Dial Directs Atten tion to Conditions Found fn the District. Failure to provide sufficient heat-1 ing ami lighting facilities for school j children of the District of 'Columbia was brought directly to the attention of the Senate this afternoon by Senator Dial. The senator referred directly to the Morgan School, and said that he had made an effort to have the conditions there corrected. "X wish to call the attention of the oommittee on the District of Co lumbia and the committee on appro priations to the conditions of school buildings in this city, more partic-1 Ularly to the question of heat and light in some of the buildings," said j Senator Dial. .? "Within the last- thirty days, on two different occasions, one school, the Morgan School, had to send the children out because the furnace would not give sufficient heat. I am not certain about the others, but in that building they have no light ex cept gas, which Is very inadequate. On a day like today, when it is dark and cloudy, it is very difficult for the children to study. S*yi Effort Was Futile. "The thought occurred to me that perhaps around some of these aban doned Army camps they might have a furnace which would be suitable to heat some of the school buildings In this city., I have had the matter up with some of the officials, but 1 am referred by one to another, as is usual in a government matter, and have not yet been able to locate the responsible p->rty. "It seems to ma very Important that we furnish the children of the Dis trict with sufficient heat and light, at least. I am greatly in favor of econo my. but It Is false economy not to provide these facilities in connection *lth their education." Reorganisation b Likely. Radical and complete reorganization of the school system in the District of Columbia, with a definite code for de veloping a model school system here, will probably be recommended to Congress by the joint congressional committee which has been carefully studying the school needs in the -Na tional^ Capital. Representative Wal ters of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House representation on that joint committee reported to the House Dis trict committee today. ? Representative Walters said that leading educators fr.,m different pa/ts of the country, who have testified be fore the Joint committee, emphasised the need fbr a thorough overhauling of the school system here and that thejvarious states are looking toward Washington for a model system and educational leadership. Sees X?4 of ?10,MMMMO. He estimated that to meet this new school program at least $10,000,000 will have to be expended during the next five years. Representative Wal ters in answering criticisms by Rep resentative Sproul that the local au thorities had not taken advantage of the authority and funds made avail able for erecting nine new school buildings, replied that the proposed reorganization must consider the building program and overhaul the municipal architects office as part of the general plan. He said: "There is so much red tape and mix ture of the War Department with the city government" that conditions are in a bad way. Representative Walt ers said that the investigations made by the committee showed the building organization here is not large enough or elastic enough .to carry out the building program that is really neces sary. Cites Failure to Provide Remedy. Failure to remedy the bad situation, he said, arises from a lack of personal toueh between mfcmbers of Congress and the school system. He ventured the opinion that to establish a reor ganised system will cost a gr^bt deal more than most people have fig ured and much larger appropriations than many members of Congress will be willing .to vote. TB00P SHIP LEAKING. Transport Crook Is Damaged at Sea. NEW YORK. January 11.?The Army transport Crook, which Is bringing American troops from Germany, sprung a leak about 450 miles from New York, but the damage has been temporarily repaired, and?she Is in no Immediate danger, according to wireless messages received today. The transport St. Mi hlel left this port today to render her assistance, if needed. The Crook is bound from Antwerp for New Yoik. The coast guard cutter Osslpee was sent out from Portland, Me., today to assls^he Crook. The Army transport Crook, reported to be In distress 508 miles east of New York, Is continuing- to port under her own kfleam, the W^r Department was advised officially today. There was no danger to the ship or the troops on board, comprising contingents from the army of occupation In Germany, the dispatch said. . The radio from the Crook, tranamlt t?* to the War Department, said the vessel was proceeding "unaccompa nied. but ships .In close proximity. Making nine miles an hour. Danger passed, unless very bad storms are en countered.** POST OFFICE BILL CUT $24,735,691; Report of House Committee Provides $555,964,375 for 1923 Expenses. DEPARTMENTAL COSTS INCLUDED IN MEASURE All Appropriations Consolidated. Nine Per Cent Increased Rev enue Predicted. With provisions for the air mail service eliminated, the annual post office appropriation bill, carrying: approximately $555,964,375 was fav orably reported today by the House appropriations committee. As drafted by a subcommittee, the measure provided {1,935,000 for the air mail service during: the fiscal year beginning: next July 1. The full committee, however, in approv ing the bill struck out this section. The total of the bill is $24,707,976 less than the 1922 appropriations and is $24,735,691 less than the amount requested in the budget for the fiscal year, 1923. No item in the bill is in excess of the amount recommended in the bud get, except where a consolidation was requested which the committee did not allow. No new item of legislation appears in the bill. The bill embraces all items of appropriation for the Post Office Department, both in the Dis trict of Columbia and in the field, in cluding appropriations for th> depart mental service in the District, here tofore not a charge upon the federal revenues and aggregating about $4, 200,000. Estimate Revenue Increase. It is estimated that the revenues for the fiscal year 1923 will show an increase over the current fiscal year of about 9 per cent. Numerous requests were presented in the estimates for increases in pay in the statutory positions in the de partmental service in the District of Columbia. These have all been denied in accordance with the general policy of the committee, pending the enact ment of reclassification legislation for the departmental service general ly. The salaries of employes in the Held service of the Post Office Depart ment as provided for in this bill, are based upon the schedules and rates prescribed by the postal reclassifica tion act of June 5, 1920, and July 21, 1921. The bill carries a total for salaries unde:- the Postmaster General and the four assistants of $1,102,380, which is $146,050 less than the budgetary esti mates. For contingent expenses in Washington the bill carries $1,275,000. which Is an increase of $196,400 over the current appropriations and $87,000 lets than the budget estimates. For the bureau of accounts the bill car ries $923,070. which is $78,000 less than 1922 appropriations and $128,000 less than the budget estimates. The grand total for the Post Office De partment is $4,100,950, which is $109.-' 244 more than for the current fiscal year and $361,050 less than the budget estimates. The appropriations for the Post Of fice Department, customarily carried In the legislative, executive and judi cial appropriation bill, and the item for printing and binding, customarily carried in the sundry civil act. have heretofore been paid from the general treasury by the appropriations cus tomarily carried. The post office bill has been payable from the postal revenues. In consolidating all the ap propriations for the department !n one bill the committee has reeo..i mended that all expenses from tlie department be paid from the postal revenues to the extent that they are sufficient therefor. In explaining the elimination of the air mail service item. Chairman Madden said that opposition devel oped among members of the com mittee to the appropriation on the ground that transportation of mails by air had proved expensive and not particularly efficient. Members also felt, he said, that the Army and Navy were adequately developing aero nautics as far as the government was concerned. I DISTRICT TO GET 'FRINGE' OF SEVERE SNOWSTORM Washington will "luck out" in not receiving the full intensity of a storm which has moved across the country iif an east-northeastward direction from Arkansas to a center over the Virginia capes anu is now veering for a trip up the Atlantic coast, the weather bureau stated today. This city will get the fringe of the storm, according to the weather man. and a light snowfall may be expected this afternoon or tonight. The tem perature will drop to about 26 degrees before tomorrow, the forecaster said, and the rain of today is expected to continue intermittently until the raindrops change to snowfiakes. What Washington is expected to get. however, is a series of heavy gales from the northwest. The wind at Atlantic City this morning, it was reported," attained a velocity of sev enty-two miles per hour. That Arkansas storm Increased In intensity as it moved eastward and when it centered over the Virginia capes today the barometer at Cape Henry dropped to 2S.29. This called out storm warnings for vessels along the coast and captains of vessels were advised to exercise extreme caution. When the storm passes up the coast It will skirt Washington to the city's east, and M-lng heavy snow falls up the coast, the fcaalher report said. "Heavy snows." in fact, have been forecast for practically the entire northeastern section of the United States and it is probable that the middle Atlantic group will be blanket ed by tomorrow. Gales of marked intensity will ac company the snowfall, the weather experts said, and New England, New York, Pennsylvania, the great lakes region and the upper Ohio valley are slated for conditions which will make sledding popular. Within the next thirty-six hours, said the official forecast, considerably I colder weather will overspread the ! region east of the Mississippi river. NEW YORK. January 11.?The first full gale warning of the year and one of but a few In the history of the local weather bureau caused unusual activity today in shipping circles, while the New York street-cleaning department was attacking what promised to be" the city's first heavy snowstorm of the winter. Steamships within reach of the harbor .wese scur rying into port' to' hope of reaching Shelter before the expected sal* from tike southwest. *